One in a Million - Clarify Vocabulary

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One in a Million
One in a Million - Clarify Vocabulary
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Monitor Your ReadingAs you read use context clues to clarify a word or group of words that you don't understand.

Remember what to do? Try the strategy with the sentence below.



The text says:He was grateful for the thirty dinars a foolish man offered him for the beast.Question: What does dinars mean?
  • Find Context Clues: sell...marketplace...thirty dinars ... offered him
  • Analyze the Clue:
    • Think - sell, marketplace, offered. That suggest ...........
  • Replace the Word:
    • ...He was grateful for the --------offered him for the beast..
    • Does your guess make sense?



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